Kennecott Mines
Added to the National Register in 1978, and a National Historic Landmark.
The record
| Property type | Historic district |
| Address | SE of Kennecott Glacier on N bank of National Creek, Kennecott, AK |
| Borough or census area | Valdez-Cordova |
| Listed | Jul 12, 1978 |
| Listed for | Industry, Engineering |
| Level of significance | National |
| Also known as | Kennecott |
| Reference number | 78003420 |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, America's Most Endangered Historic Places |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | SE of Kennecott Glacier on N bank of National Creek, Kennecott, AK |
| Coordinates | 61.4861° N, 142.8890° W · Directions ↗ |
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Nearby in Valdez-Cordova
Public land around it
| Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness ↗Wilderness, National Park Service | Inside the boundary9,432,000 acres |
Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.
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Reference
Questions people ask
When was Kennecott Mines listed on the National Register?
Jul 12, 1978. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
Where is Kennecott Mines?
SE of Kennecott Glacier on N bank of National Creek, Kennecott, Valdez-Cordova, Alaska.
Source: National Park Service
Where is the nomination form for Kennecott Mines?
The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.
Source: National Archives
Sources
Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 78003420. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.